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Mathematics in Computing - An Accessible Guide to Historical, Foundational and Application Contexts (Hardcover, 2013 ed.) Loot Price: R2,958
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Mathematics in Computing - An Accessible Guide to Historical, Foundational and Application Contexts (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)

Gerard O'Regan

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This clearly written and enlightening textbook provides a concise, introductory guide to the key mathematical concepts and techniques used by computer scientists. Topics and features: ideal for self-study, offering many pedagogical features such as chapter-opening key topics, chapter introductions and summaries, review questions, and a glossary; places our current state of knowledge within the context of the contributions made by early civilizations, such as the ancient Babylonians, Egyptians and Greeks; examines the building blocks of mathematics, including sets, relations and functions; presents an introduction to logic, formal methods and software engineering; explains the fundamentals of number theory, and its application in cryptography; describes the basics of coding theory, language theory, and graph theory; discusses the concept of computability and decideability; includes concise coverage of calculus, probability and statistics, matrices, complex numbers and quaternions.

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Imprint: Springer London
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: November 2012
First published: 2013
Authors: Gerard O'Regan
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Edition: 2013 ed.
ISBN-13: 978-1-4471-4533-2
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Coding theory & cryptology
Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > History of mathematics
Books > Computing & IT > General theory of computing > Mathematical theory of computation
Books > Computing & IT > Computer programming > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > Mathematics for scientists & engineers
Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > Mathematical modelling
LSN: 1-4471-4533-X
Barcode: 9781447145332

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